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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Miscellaneous - Council-controlled organisations must hold specified meetings in public

96: Council-controlled organisations must hold specified meetings in public

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"Council groups in Auckland must have some meetings that the public can attend."

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If you are part of a council-controlled organisation in Auckland, you must hold some meetings in public. You need to choose two meetings each year that anyone can attend. One of these meetings must happen before 30 June, so people can comment on your plans for the next year. The other meeting must happen after 1 July, so you can talk about how well you did in the previous year.

You must tell the public about these meetings, for example by putting a notice in a newspaper. When you have these meetings, you must give people a chance to speak to you about the topics you are discussing. These meetings must follow the usual rules of your organisation, but if there is a conflict, the rules in this section are more important.

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Part 8Miscellaneous
Council-controlled organisations must hold specified meetings in public

96Council-controlled organisations must hold specified meetings in public

  1. The board of each council-controlled organisation of the Auckland Council (except Watercare Services Limited) must nominate, in its statement of intent for each financial year, 2 of its meetings during that year to be open to members of the public.

  2. For the purpose of subsection (1),—

  3. 1 meeting must be held before 30 June each year for the purpose of considering comments from shareholders on the organisation's draft statement of intent for the following financial year; and
    1. the other meeting must be held after 1 July each year for the purpose of considering the organisation's performance under its statement of intent in the previous financial year.

      1. The statement of intent must also specify how the meetings will be publicly notified (for example, by notice in 1 or more newspapers).

      2. In respect of each meeting held in accordance with this section, the board must allocate a reasonable amount of time for members of the public attending the meeting to address the board in relation to the subject matter of the meeting.

      3. Meetings held pursuant to this section shall be subject to the rules and requirements that normally apply to the meetings of the board of the council-controlled organisation (including, for example, under its constitution), provided that this section prevails in the event of any conflict between this section and the rules and requirements that normally apply to meetings of the board.

      Notes
      • Section 96: added, on , by section 31 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 36).
      • Section 96(1): amended, on , by section 172 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).